Jamie Carragher thinks Everton chairman Bill Kenwright should “walk away at the end of this season” because he has “no real influence” at the club and is “still getting blamed” for their issues,
The fanbase is unhappy with the running of the club, which is undergoing a strategic review as it is currently without a manager, director of football, head of recruitment or scouting chief.
Earlier in the week a number of supporters congregated outside the Liver Building to protest – where Everton’s commercial offices are based in the city – and another protest took place on Wednesday night outside Goodison Park.
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Fans voiced their objections to the potential appointment of Vitor Pereira as manager, agent Kia Joorabchian – reportedly advising onwer Farhad Moshiri – and the continued stay of long-standing chairman Kenwright.
But Carragher thinks the criticism of Kenwright has been unfair with Everton enjoying some good times under him before the Moshiri takeover.
Former Liverpool defender Carragher wrote in the Daily Telegraph: “The attacks on chairman Bill Kenwright, for example, do not sit comfortably with me.
“Kenwright’s response to fans who surrounded him outside Goodison Park last weekend – insisting that there have been ‘good times’ in the last 27 years – has been met with ridicule and criticism.
“For an older generation, the definition of ‘good times’ is winning league titles and European trophies. Wake up. Given the competition, the season in which Everton finished in the top four under David Moyes was more than good. Being a regular in the top six is good.
“Kenwright sacked only one manager – Walter Smith – after giving him as long as possible to revive the team, and moved for Moyes at the right time. Moyes was the best Everton manager since Howard Kendall.
“There is a lot of rewriting of history with regards Kenwright’s only other appointment, Roberto Martínez, too.
“He won the most Premier League points in a season of any Everton manager and reached two semi-finals. It went wrong at the end, but it has been no better since.
“You can’t attack Kenwright for not having the financial muscle of rivals prior to the club’s sale in 2016.
“I am inclined to agree Kenwright should walk away at the end of this season because he has no real influence and is still getting blamed for what is happening.
“In Moshiri’s absence on matchdays, Kenwright is left to front up for all boardroom criticism. Why put up with that?
“Another argument is if Kenwright left, the lunatics really will be left to run the asylum. The warning signs of it getting worse are there after six years in which Moshiri has hired and fired two directors of football and is searching for a seventh manager.
“Before Moshiri’s takeover, the persistent attack on Kenwright was that he had not sold the club. Now we are seeing the consequences of a rich owner who thinks throwing money at it is enough to secure a seat at the top table. ”
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